Merchant Marine Act of 1920, often referred to as the "Jones Act", governing the workers compensation rights of sailors and the use of foreign vessels in domestic trade
Requests for waivers of certain provisions of the act are reviewed by the United States Maritime Administration on a case-by-case basis.
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In order to conduct an emergency shipment of gasoline from Dutch Harbor, Alaska to Nome in January 2012, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano granted a waiver to the Russian ice class marine tanker Renda.
In January 2012, a Jones Act waiver was arranged with the support of Alaska's congressional delegation so that Renda could load fuel at Dutch Harbor and transport it to Nome, a task normally reserved for US-flagged vessels.
Contended that certain features of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 would create new sea lanes between the Atlantic Coast and the Far East to the detriment of the Pacific Coast ports.
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